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musimonMouflon Mouf"lon, n. [F. mouflon.] (Zo["o]l.)
A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of
Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a
triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to
be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon
or musmon. [Written also moufflon.]

Ovis musimonMouflon Mouf"lon, n. [F. mouflon.] (Zo["o]l.)
A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of
Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a
triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to
be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon
or musmon. [Written also moufflon.]

ParsimoniousParsimonious Par`si*mo"ni*ous, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See
Parsimony.]
Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal
to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. --
Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious.
--Bacon.
Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the
expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war
will drain us of more men and money. --Addison.
Syn: Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving;
mean; stingy; frugal. See Avaricious.

ParsimoniouslyParsimonious Par`si*mo"ni*ous, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See
Parsimony.]
Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal
to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. --
Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious.
--Bacon.
Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the
expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war
will drain us of more men and money. --Addison.
Syn: Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving;
mean; stingy; frugal. See Avaricious.

ParsimoniousnessParsimonious Par`si*mo"ni*ous, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See
Parsimony.]
Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal
to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. --
Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious.
--Bacon.
Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the
expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war
will drain us of more men and money. --Addison.
Syn: Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving;
mean; stingy; frugal. See Avaricious.

Saint- SimonismSaint-Simonianism Saint`-Si*mo"ni*an*ism, n.
The principles, doctrines, or practice of the
Saint-Simonians; -- called also Saint- Simonism.

Saint-SimonianSaint-Simonian Saint`-Si*mo"ni*an, n.
A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and
who maintained that the principle of property held in common,
and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the
members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils
which exist. --Brande & C.

Saint-SimonianismSaint-Simonianism Saint`-Si*mo"ni*an*ism, n.
The principles, doctrines, or practice of the
Saint-Simonians; -- called also Saint- Simonism.

Saint-SimonismSaint-Simonism Saint-Si"mon*ism, n.
A system of socialism in which the state owns all the
property and the laborer is entitled to share according to
the quality and amount of his work, founded by Saint Simon
(1760-1825).

SimoniacSimoniac Si*mo"ni*ac, n. [LL. simoniacus. See Simony.]
One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in
the church. --Ayliffe.

SimoniacalSimoniacal Sim`o*ni"a*cal, a.
Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of
simony. -- Sim"o*ni`a*cal*ly, adv.
The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the
simoniacal arts by which they grasped at the popedom.
--J. S.
Harford.

SimoniacallySimoniacal Sim`o*ni"a*cal, a.
Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of
simony. -- Sim"o*ni`a*cal*ly, adv.
The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the
simoniacal arts by which they grasped at the popedom.
--J. S.
Harford.

SimonialSimonial Si*mo"ni*al, a.
Simoniacal. [Obs.]

SimonianSimonian Si*mo"ni*an, n.[See Simony.]
One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of
certain heretical sects in the early Christian church.

SimoniousSimonious Si*mo"ni*ous, a.
Simoniacal. [Obs.] --Milton.

SimonistSimonist Sim"o*nist, n.
One who practices simony.

Simon-pureSimon-pure Si"mon-pure", a.
Genuine; true; real; authentic; -- a term alluding to the
comedy character Simon Pure, who is impersonated by another
and is obliged to prove himself to be the ``real Simon
Pure.'

SimonySimony Sim"o*ny, n. [F. simonie, LL. simonia, fr. Simon Magus,
who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy
Spirit. Acts viii.]
The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the
corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice
for money or reward. --Piers Plowman.

StasimonStasimon Stas"i*mon, n.; pl. Stasmia. [NL., from Gr.
sta`simon, neut. of sta`simos stationary, steadfast.]
In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without
the interruption of dialogue or anap[ae]stics. --Liddell &
Scott.